Carver class hoMIng
reunion 50 fears later
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Carver High School Class of
1963 is excitedly planning its 50th
anniversary reunion. In June, mem
bers of the class will meet old friends,
relive memories and revive bonds of
friendship. The occasion will also give
them the opportunity to thank Carver
faculty and staff, family members and
others who helped shape their lives.
Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin, Pauline
Bowman Williams, Shelia McCoy
Grisard, Janice Perry McLendon,
Richard Wilson, Frederick Warren,
Juanita Anthony Tatum, Carolyn
Ingram Gray, Melvernia Matthews
Olford, Helen Hyman Slade and
Milton Wright make up the commit
tee. Since last fall, members have
been working to make the upcoming
reunion one to remember. Last
September, the committee held a pic
nic. Members also met for a holiday
dinner in December.
"Our Reunion is shaping up to be
an event that no classmate would want
to miss," reads a statement from the
committee.
Information about dates, places,
activities and opportunities to partici
pate will be communicated in the
upcoming weeks.
For additional information, con
tact McLendon at 336-748-8543 or
Sprinkle-Hamlin at 336-924-8477.
Submitted Photo
Committee members (seated, from left) Janice Perry McLendon, Sylvia
Sprinkle-Hamlin, Carolyn Ingram Gray (standing) Pauline Bowman
Williams, Richard Wilson and Melvernia Matthews Olford.
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Bailey, who owns the
building in which the
store sits.
"He showed me this
space and gave me a
chance to make nothing
into something," said
Jackson.
Jackson said Bailey
has also provided much
needed advice and guid
ance, as have the
Downtown Winston
Salem Partnership and his
father, Tory Jackson, who
owns Ladies First Shoe
Boutique on Peters Creek
Parkway.
"Everybody sees the
same thing I see,"
Jackson. "They see that
this could be something
great, this could be some
thing that Winston-Salem
gravitates towards."
Jackson invested his
own money, hiring G&S
Services to remodel the
space with wood and mar
ble flooring and brightly
colored walls decorated
with a brick pattern remi
niscent of the building's
exterior. There is also a
giant, eye-catching red,
yellow and green light
display that puts shop
pers' in mind of the traffic
light that is visible
through the shop's win
dow. BrandMakers was.
tasked with creating the
slick slogans on signs
posted around the store.
Jackson said the store
- which carries items
from hip labels like
DYNT, Vampire Life and
Blvd. - is still a work in
progress. Some remodel
ing is still to come and the
official grand opening
won't be until April. But
6th and Trade is open for
business and attracting
more and more customers
every week. Jackson has a
part-time employee but
tends to man the store
himself.
Right now, I'm living
my dream," said Jackson
"It sounds crazy
and clichl. but
it's the truth
...This doesn't
feel like work
when I come
here, because I
enjoy it.
Opportunities
like this don't
come all the
time."
Just a few
doors down the street.
Purity Ruchugo is pursu
ing her own dream at
Umoja. She's the founder
of the nonprofit
Sister2Sister International
Outreach Ministry, which
mainly helps women and
children in her native
Kenya.
The money made
when local customers buy
the authentic African art
and crafts sold at Umoja
funds the nonprofit, which
feeds 81 Kenyan orphans
and pays school fees for
five students. (In Kenya t
parents must pay for their
children's high school
education.) Sister2 Sister
also helps Kenyan fami
lies become self-sufficient
by helping women learn
to farm and teaching them
to create crafts to sell.
"I open the door every
day knowing that some
body will walk in and buy
something, then I can send
money for those kids to
eat, then I can send school
fees for those kids to get
an education," said
Ruchugo, who said some
times, though rarely, the
nonprofit also receives
donations.
In the 1990s, Ruchugo
operated a for-profit
African craft store, under
the same
name, that car
ried jewelry
she made.
Now, Kenyan
women assist
ed by
Sister2Sister
show ' their
appreciation
by making
items sold at
U m o j a ,
UlVlUUlllg tui
orful necklaces made with
paper, woven baskets,
jewelry made from bone
and hand-crafted purses.
"(We are) making sure
that the things "that they
make are not just sold in
the local markets where
they are, but are good
enough to be marketed
worldwide," Ruchugo
said. "And that's a way for
them to earn a living.
Instead of waiting for
someone to come and help
them, they can participate
in their own lives."
Though the store gets
a steady stream of cus
tomers, Ruchugo said
sales aren't yet sufficient
to offer all the services
she'd like to provide to
those in her homeland.
Her dream is to open a
.1
home for orphans in
Kenya, which doesn't
have a social service sys
tem to .assist children left
orphaned.
"I want it be a home
where they grow to
become something, not
just meeting their basic
needs," she said. "It's giv
ing them hope they will
grow and go to get an edu
cation, and that's why I
want it to be a children's
home."
Jill Gatewood is trying
to help Ruchugo make
that a reality. Gatewood, a
nurse whose family is
from South Africa, has
made some of the jewelry
sold at the store. She was
looking to take a mission
trip to Africa when she
discovered the store.
Gatewood will embark on
a Sister2Sister-sponsored
mission to a Kenyan med
ical clinic this summer.
"The world would be a
better place if we had
more things like this,"
Gatewood said of the
store.
Jackson has several
ideas in the works to bring
more attention to the
store, including holding
classes in Kiswahali, a
common language in
Kenya, for kids.
Umoja is located at
535 N. Trade St. and is
open 11 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Monday-Saturday. Learn
more at sistersinterna
tionalwomen.org. 6th &
Trade is located at 545 N.
Trade St. and is open
from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.,
Monday-Saturday. Learn
more at
sixthandtrade .com.
Gate wood
Photos by Todd Luck
The interiors of 6th and
Trade (above) and
Vmoja (left) are bright
and lively.
riN MEMOR1 AM
MOORE
Wilma Ann White
Moore of 2004
Bloomfield Dr, Winston
Salem, NC was bom
February 3rd, 1936 in
Shebly NC to
Lottie Garrett
Means. She
was preceded
in death by her
husband, Floyd
Lorenzo
Moore and her
son Kevin
Lamont White.
She was a
devoted moth
er and grand
mother.
God
answered the cry of his
faithful servant and dis
patched his Heavenly
Angels to bring her home
on Saturday February
23rd, 2013 @ 3:47am.
Wilma was educated
in the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
School System. She
attended Atkins High
School and Forsyth Tech.
She was a proud
member of Revealed
Church of Christ under
the directions of Pastor
James D Taylor Sr. 'She
was the mother of the
church.
Cherishing her beau
tiful memories are her
children Saladeen Fsadi
El (Teddy) and wife Ruth
Sadi El, Hulin Garrett
(Bunny) and daughter-in
law Justina Garrett, and
f _ '.L C I
one raunrui
daughter, Lita
White. A
devoted
brother
Supervoid
Mack and sis
ter-in-law
Emma-Ree.
She was
blessed with
three loving
and caring
grandchildren
D e m i k a
Braxton, Hulin Garrett
Jr., and Brittani White; as
well as three great grand
children. A Loving niece,
two nephews and a devot
ed cousin Joan Bruton
and a host of other rela
tives and special friends
including Lois Green &
Barbara Ison .
Services will be held
Saturday March 2nd @
Shiloh Baptist Church,
916 E 12th St. Winston
Salem, NC 27101. The
viewing will be at 1:00
2:00pm and the celebra
tion will immediately fol
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